{"id":14336,"date":"2019-08-28T11:15:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=14336"},"modified":"2019-08-28T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:13:52","slug":"maintaining-focus-in-a-fragmented-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/maintaining-focus-in-a-fragmented-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Focus in a Fragmented World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology promises productivity and even happiness \u2014 but does it deliver?<\/p>\n

With so many apps and options for accessing information and communicating, it\u2019s more important than ever to be highly selective and intentional in our choices.<\/p>\n

\"Maintaining<\/a>Join us as we explore the ideas and practices put forward in Cal Newport\u2019s provocative new book, Digital Minimalism<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Learn about the concepts of digital minimalism and how to implement them.<\/p>\n

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2019
\nTime: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
\nLocation: Mellon Seminar Room - LRC 532B<\/p>\n

Lunch will be served. Participants will receive a copy of the book.<\/p>\n

Open to all Xavier faculty and staff. <\/span>Limited number of seats \u2014 <\/span>register today<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technology promises productivity and even happiness \u2014 but does it deliver? With so many apps and options for accessing information and communicating, it\u2019s more important than ever to be highly selective and intentional in our choices. Join us as we explore the ideas and practices put forward in Cal Newport\u2019s provocative new book, Digital Minimalism. ...continue reading \"Maintaining Focus in a Fragmented World\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[98,101,356],"class_list":{"0":"post-14336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-social","7":"category-integrative","8":"tag-critical-thinking","9":"tag-digital-distraction","10":"tag-events","11":"h-entry","12":"hentry","13":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3Je","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16138,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/distracted-minds\/","url_meta":{"origin":14336,"position":0},"title":"Distracted Minds","author":"Janice Florent","date":"January 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"James M. 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